"Most newspaper article events happen
anywhere from days, to months, to years before they reach publication.
Consequently, most newspaper articles on this timeline are preceded by the
date of the newspaper in which they appear." [E.M.]*Color Code

1960 - Military Status / USSR - "Kruschev's
military became so powerful that by 1960, the USSR had more tanks, planes,
nuclear weapons, submarines, and aircraft carriers than the United States.
He then invaded Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and began to place nuclear
weapons in these countries. Fearing a Soviet takeover, the people of East
Germany began to leave their country for freedom in the West. In one week
over 100,000 people fled. Krushchev ordered the border sealed, and began
to construct a wall that would become the symbol of oppression to the
world."

1960 - U.S.-Soviet Buffer State / Afghanistan -
"Afghanistan is a rich tapestry of many different peoples living relatively
isolated, deep in the highlands of Central Asia. In the 1960s, the U.S. power
structure considered Afghanistan as a 'buffer state' between the Soviet Union
to the north and the strategically important U.S.-backed states of Iran and
Pakistan to the south. The overwhelming majority of the population of 18
million lived as impoverished farmers in the extremely backward countryside
- dominated by large landowners and the heads of feudal clans. But then,
at the end of the 1970s, the intensifying global rivalry between the U.S.
and USSR brought bitter warfare to Afghanistan." [Link:
1]

1960 - Year of the Rat - January 28th, 1960:
"The Chinese Year of the Rat begins."

1960 - Sit-Ins / U.S.A. - February 1st, 1960:
"Sit-ins began Feb. 1 when 4 black college students in Greensboro, NC, refused
to move from a Woolworth lunch counter when denied service. By Sept. 1961
over 70,000 students, whites and blacks, had participated in sit-ins." [Based
on: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2005, p. 550]

*Trivia: "Date: February 29th, 1960. Earthquake
location: Agadir, Morocco. Earthquake magnitude: 5.9. Number of recorded
fatalities: 12,000."[Based on: The World
Almanac and Book of Facts, 2005, p. 208]

1960 - Sharpeville Massacre / South Africa- March 21st, 1960: "In South Africa, police fired into a packed
demonstration of blacks against the hated Pass Laws. Seventy people died
in the massacre at Sharpeville, and the world began slowly to wake to the
brutal reality of apartheid. Soon after the shootings, Nelson Mandela was
detained."

1960 - Best Picture Academy Award / "Ben-Hur"
- Entertainment highlights during the week of April 2nd-8th, 1960: " 'Ben-Hur'
won the best picture and best director Academy Awards. The film's star, Charlton
Heston, was named best actor." [Based on: A.P.]

1960 - Returns to Hollywood / Elvis Presley
- Entertainment highlights during the week of April 16th-22nd, 1960: "Elvis
Presley returned to Hollywood following his Army duty. He began work on the
film 'G.I. Blues.' " [Based on: A.P.]

1960 - U.S. U2 Spy Plane / USSR - May 1, 1960:
"On the eve of a US-Soviet summit, U2 pilot Frances Gary Powers is shot down
while flying a spy mission over the Soviet Union. Powers is taken prisoner,
the Eisenhower administration is forced to own up to the mission, and Khrushchev
cancels the summit."

1960 - Signed / U.S. Civil Rights Act - May
6th, 1960: "Civil Rights Act of 1960 signed by Eisenhower."

1960 - U.S. Photo Spy Satellite - August 18th,
1960: "The U.S. launches the CORONA, the first photo spy satellite."

1960 - Summer Olympic Games / Rome, Italy -
"In 1960, the Summer Olympic Games were held in Rome, Italy. CBS buys the
rights to televise the Games for $394,000. The Winter Olympic Games were
held in Squaw Valley, California."

1960 - Flooding / Bangladesh - "Flood date(s):
October 10th, 1960. Number of recorded deaths: 6,000."[Based on: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2005,
p. 207]

1960 - Birth / Jean-Claude Van Damme - October 18th, 1960: "Jean-Claude Camille
François Van Varenberg ... professionally known as Jean-Claude Van
Damme,[1] is a Belgian martial artist, actor, and director[2] best known
for his martial arts action films.[3] [...] Van Damme was born Jean-Claude
Camille François Van Varenberg on 18 October 1960 in
Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Belgium, the son of Eliana and Eugène
Van Varenberg, who was an accountant.[6][7][8] [....]."

[Based on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Claude_Van_Damme]

1960 - Flooding / Bangladesh - "Flood date(s):
October 31st, 1960. Number of recorded deaths: 4,000."[Based on: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2005,
p. 207]

1960 - U.S. Warning / "Military Industrial Complex"
- November 1960: "Eisenhower warns the nation about the 'Military-Industrial
Complex' and its power."

1960 - Election / John F. Kennedy - November
8th, 1960: "John F. Kennedy narrowly defeats Richard Nixon for the presidency.
In his inaugrual address, Kennedy declares that Americans will be ready to
'...bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe
to assure the survival and the success of liberty.' "

*Trivia: "Reportedly, the first televised
presidential debates in the United States occured in 1960."

1960 - Birth / Amy Grant - November 25th, 1960: "Amy Lee Grant (born November
25, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality
and actress, best known for her Christian music. [...] Grant (born in Augusta,
Georgia) is the youngest of four sisters. She and her family settled in
Nashville, Tennessee in 1967.[2] [....]"

[Based on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Grant]

1960 - Birth Control Pills / U.S.A. - December
1960: "Birth Control Pills go on sale in the U.S.A."

1960 - U.S. Backing / Rightist Group, Laos -
December 15th, 1960: "U.S. announced Dec. 15 it backed rightist group
in Laos, which took power the next day." [Based on: The World Almanac and
Book of Facts, 2005, p. 550]

1960 - Trivia / U.S. Bill of Rights - "Since
the early 60's, almost every clause in the Bill of Rights has been incorporated.
Notable exceptions are the 2nd and 3rd Amendments, the grand jury indictment
clause of the 5th Amendment, and the 7th Amendment."

1960 - Status / Union Membership, U.S.A. -
"As recently as the 1960s, union membership stood at just over 30 percent
of all workers, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research [September
2003]." [Based on:article from the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch]

1960 - Color Additive Amendments - "In 1960,
color additive amendments were enacted to allow the FDA to establish, by
regulations, the conditions of safe use for all color additives in foods,
drugs, cosmetics, and some devices, and to require manufacturers to perform
the necessary scientific investigations to establish safety for their intended
uses."

1960 - "Ancient Astronauts" - "The 'ancient
astronaut' school of thought first came to the notice of a wide audience
in the 1960s and 1970s, thanks to the phenomenally successful books of Erich
von Daniken." [The Stargate Conspiracy, p. 25]

1960 - Advanced Technology? / National Security
Agency - Early 1960s: "[....] As of the early 1960's the most advanced
computers in the world were at the NSA, Ft. Meade. Research breakthroughs
with these computers were kept for the NSA. At the present time [+2000] the
NSA has advanced technology computers that are 15 years ahead of present
computer technology. [....] NSA Signals Intelligence uses EMF Brain Stimulation
for Remote Neural Monitoring (RNM) and Electronic Brain Link (EBL). EMB Brain
Stimulation has been in development since the MK Ultra program of the early
1950's which included neurological research into 'radiation (non-ionizing
EMF) and bioelectric research and development. The resulting secret technology
is categorized at the National Security Archives as 'Radiation intelligence'
defined as 'information from unintentionally emanated electromagnetic waves
in environment, not including radioactivity or nuclear detonation.' Signals
Intelligence implemented and kept this technology secret in the same manner
as other electronic warfare programs of the U.S. government. The NSA monitors
available information about this technology and withholds scientific research
from the public. There are also international intelligence agreements to
keep this technology secret. [....]"

1961 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy - January
20th, 1961: "The 35th American President, John F. Kennedy [Democrat], begins
his term. Kennedy was the 4th American President [the 1st Democrat]
assassinated."

1961 - 1st Man in Space / Vostok 1 - April 12th,
1961: "Having launched the first earth satellite in 1957, the Soviet Union
again stole the thunder of the U.S. space programme in April 1961, by sending
Yuri Gagarin into orbit [in Vostok 1] as the first man in space. He circled
the earth three times. The best the Americans could do a month later was
to blast Alan Shepard briefly into space and bring him straight down
again."

1961 - Bay of Pigs Invasion / Cuba - April
17th, 1961: "A plot to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro goes miserably
wrong when air support at the Bay of Pigs fails to materialize. Kennedy's
leadership skills are called into question, and Kennedy himself develops
doubts about heeding the advice of the military."

1961 -The Brookings
Report- April 18th, 1963: "According
to The Brookings Report: 'Discovery of life on other worlds could
cause the earth's civilization to collapse.' " [Link:
1]

*Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookings_Report

1961 - "The President and the Press" /
U.S.A. - April 27th, 1961: "[....] 'The very word 'secrecy' is
repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and
historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret
proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted
concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited
to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of
a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there
is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions
do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced
need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand
its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. That
I do not intend to permit to the extent that it is in my control. And no
official of my Administration, whether his rank is high or low, civilian
or military, should interpret my words here tonight as an excuse to censor
the news, to stifle dissent, to cover up our mistakes or to withhold from
the press and the public the facts they deserve to know. [....]"

1961 - Man in Space / Vostok 2 - August 6th,
1961: "Gherman Titov spends more than a day in space [25 hours] in the second
Vostok manned flight in August." [Link:
1]

1961 - Birth / The Edge - August 8th, 1961: "Reportedly born on this date
in history: Guitarist (U2), The Edge."

1961 - Beginning / Berlin Wall - August 13th,
1961: "The GDR blocks off East from West Berlin and begins constructing the
Berlin wall after the U.S. rejects proposals by Khrushchev to make Berlin
a 'free city' with access controlled by East Germany."

1961 - U.S. Military Advisors / Vietnam - In
1961, U.S. President Kennedy sent the first 100 military advisors along with
400 soldiers to Vietnam."

1961 - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" / The Tokens
- Entertainment highlights during the week of December 24 - 30th, 1961: "The
Lion Sleeps Tonight" by the Tokens became the first African song to reach
No. 1 on the American pop charts. [Based on: A.P. article (THAT WAS
THE WEEK THAT WAS), S.L.P.D., 12/26/06]

1961 - Central American Common Market - "The
Central American Common Market is formed providing a 'free trade zone' in
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica."

1961 - Lyndon Johnson / Vietnam - "During
a tour of Asian countries, Vice President Lyndon Johnson visits Diem in Saigon.
Johnson assures Diem that he is crucial to US objectives in Vietnam and calls
him 'the Churchill of Asia.' President Kennedy authorizes 'Green Berets,'
a Special Forces operation activated at Fort Bragg, NC. The Special Forces
will specialize in counterinsurgency."

1961 - Time Experiments? / USSR - "In 1952,
head of the Soviet secret police organization Lavrenty Beria initiated a
case against researchers participating in the experiments, as a result of
which 18 professors were executed by shooting and 59 candidates and doctors
of physical sciences were sent to camps. The Institute recommenced its activity
under Khruschev. But an experimental stand with eight leading researchers
disappeared in 1961, and buildings close to the one where experiments were
conducted were ruined. After that, the Communist Party political bureau and
the Council of Ministers decided to suspend researchers of the Institute
for an uncertain period. [Olga Zharina, 03/01/2004, Pravada]

1962 - Status / Berlin Wall, Berlin - "By 1962,
the Berlin Wall completely encircled the city of Berlin. President Kennedy
started what became known as the Berlin airlift to ensure that the Soviets
could not take over the rest of the city. At the same time Krushchev secretly
began to put nuclear missiles in the country of Cuba. Cuba is located 90
miles from the United States. If Krushchev could get these missile sites
operational, he could launch an attack against the United States with no
warning what-so-ever. Krushchev did not know however, that the United States
knew of his plans in Cuba after a 'U-2' spy plane took overhead pictures
of the missile sites. President Kennedy then called for the massing of over
one million troops in Europe to prepare for war with the USSR. Kennedy moved
aircraft carriers, tanks, and destroyers close to Soviet territory. Kennedy
then stunned the world by announcing all this on national public television
and told Krushchev in private that he had 24 hours to remove the missiles
from Cuba or the United States might launch a full scale nuclear strike against
the USSR. No one had ever made this threat before and Krushchev made the
public statement, '...we will crush you.' Kennedy did not back down however,
and refused to extend the deadline he gave Krushchev. Faced with nuclear
oblivion, Krushchev removed the missiles from Cuba with only hours to spare.
Krushchev was publicly humiliated, and many in the Politburo now called for
him to resign his office. He refused and was forcibly removed from power
and committed to what became known as 'internal exile.' "

1962 - Foreign Relations / U.S.A. & Vietnam
- February 14th, 1962: "Pres. John F. Kennedy said ... that U.S. military
advisors in Vietnam would fire if fired upon." [Based on: The World Almanac
and Book of Facts, 2005, p. 550]

1962 - Trivia / The "Tonight" Show - Entertainment
highlights during the week of March 26-April 1: Jack Paar hosted NBC's "Tonight"
Show for the last time. Johnny Carson followed Paar and began his stint
as host in October." [Based on: A.P.]

1962 - Nuclear Test/ Starfish Prime
- July 9th, 1962: "Starfish Prime was a high-altitude nuclear test conducted
by the United States of America on July 9, 1962, a joint effort of the Atomic
Energy Commission (AEC) and the Defense Atomic Support Agency (which became
the Defense Nuclear Agency in 1971). [....]" [Based on:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime] - [T.D. - 12/12/09]

1962 - 1st U.S. Communications Satellite - July
10th, 1962: "Bell Labs' Telstar I, the world's first commercial communication
satellite is launched from Cape Canaveral on July 10; the next day the first
transatlantic broadcast of a TV signal occurs between earth stations in Andover,
Maine, Goonhilly in Cornwall, and Pleumeur-Boudou in France; the U.K. transmits
the first color TV pictures via satellite."

*Trivia: "Date:
September 1st, 1962.
Earthquake location: NW Iran. Earthquake magnitude:
7.3. Number of recorded fatalities: 12,230."[Based on: The World Almanac and Book of Facts,
2005, p. 208]

1962 - Typhoon Wandaa / Hong Kong - "Typhoon
date(s): September 1st, 1962. Number of recorded deaths: 130-200."[Based on: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2005,
p. 206]

1962 - Birth / Kristy McNichol - September 11th, 1962: "Christina Ann "Kristy"
McNichol (born September 11, 1962) is an American actress.[2] [...] McNichol
was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Carolyn McNichol Lucas,
a business manager and actress, and Jim McNichol, a carpenter.[5] [....]"

[Based on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristy_McNichol]

1962 - "Love me do" / The Beatles - September
11th, 1962: Love me do and P.S. I love you were recorded at the Abbey Road
studios by The Beatles. [Link:
1]

1962 - NBC Premier / "The Jetsons" - Entertainment
highlights during the week of Sept. 23-29, 1962: "The Jetsons" premiered
on ABC. It was the first program on the network to be carried in color. [Based
on: A.P. article (THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS), p. E2, S.L.P.D.,
09/25/07]

1962 - Flooding / Barcelona, Spain - "Flood
date(s): September 27th, 1962. Number of recorded deaths: 445."[Based on: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2005,
p. 207]

*Trivia: " 'The Beverly Hillbillies' debuted
on CBS in September 1962, shooting to No. 1 its first two seasons, according
to Nielsen rankings, and continued to reside in the top 20 throughout the
rest of its nine-year run." [Based on: Los Angeles Times]

*Trivia: "Reportedly, Mr. Paul Henning, the
writer and producer of 'The Beverly Hillbillies', also created 'Petticoat
Junction,' a spinoff from the hit show. 'Petticoat Junction' ran from 1963
to 1970. Mr. Paul Henning was also the executive producer of 'Green Acres,'
which ran from 1965 to 1971." [E.M.]

1962 - 1st Black Student / University of Mississippi
- October 1st, 1962: "James Meredith beame first black student at University
of Mississippi ... after 3,000 troops put down riots." [Based on: The World
Almanac and Book of Facts, 2005, p. 550]

1962 - Johnny Carson / The "Tonight" Show -
October 1962: Entertainment highlights during the week of March 26-April
1: "Jack Paar hosted NBC's 'Tonight' Show for the last time [March?]. Johnny
Carson followed Paar and began his stint as host in October." [Based
on: A.P.]

1962 - Missles in Cuba - October 22nd, 1962:
"A Soviet offensive missle buildup in Cuba was revealed Oct. 22 by Pres.
Kennedy, who ordered a naval and air quarantine on shipment of offensive
military equipment to the island. He and Soviet Prem. Krushchev agreed Oct.
28 on formula to end the crisis. Kennedy announced Nov. 2 that Soviet missle
bases in Cuba were being dismantled." [Based on: The World Almanac and Book
of Facts, 2005, p. 550]

1962 - Cuban Missle Crisis - October 27th,
1962: "If the Cuban Missile Crisis was the most dangerous passage of the
Cold War, the most dangerous moment of the Cuban Missile Crisis was the evening
of Saturday, 27 October 1962, when the resolution of the crisiswar
or peace appeared to hang in the balance."

1962 - Project 112 - "On October 31st, [2002?]
the Department of Defense released five more detailed fact sheets on Cold
War-era chemical and biological warfare tests identified as Desert Test Center
Project 112. Project 112 was a comprehensive program initiated in 1962 out
of concern for our nation's ability to protect and defend against these potential
threats. These fact sheets are in addition to the 40 fact sheets previously
released since September 2001." [Links:
1,2]

1962 - Project Shad - "Project SHAD, an acronym
for Shipboard Hazard and Defense, was part of a larger effort called Project
112, which was conducted during the 1960s. Project SHAD encompassed tests
designed to identify US warships' vulnerabilities to attacks with chemical
or biological warfare agents and to develop procedures to respond to such
attacks while maintaining a war-fighting capability." [Link:
1]

1962 - Work Hours Act / United States - "The
Work Hours Act provides time-and-a-half pay for work past an eight hour day
or 40-hour week."

1962 - Trivia / U.S. Presence, Vietnam - "In
1962, the U.S. presence in Vietnam was increased to 11,000 soldiers."

1962 - Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendments - "News
reports on the role of Dr. Frances O. Kelsey, an FDA medical officer, in
keeping thlidomide off the American market aroused public interest in drug
regulation. The drug had been associated with the birth of thousands of malformed
babies in Western Europe. The Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendments were passed
to assure a greater degree of safety and to strengthen new drug clearance
procedures. For the first time, drug manufacturers were required to prove
the effectiveness of their products to the FDA before marketing them. In
addition, the amendments: 1) Transferred jurisdiction over medical advertising
of prescription products from the Federal Trade Commission [FTC] to the FDA.
2) Extended the FDA's inspection authority over establishments in which
prescription drugs are manufactured, processed, packed, or held to include
records, files, papers, controls, and facilities. 3) Required that facilities,
methods, and control procedures used by manufacturers conform to 'current
good manufacturing practices'. 4) Established 'full disclosure', under which
the most vital, up-to-date, and reliable information about a prescription
drug was required in its labeling, in the form of a package insert."

1962 - Trivia / Agent Orange, Vietnam - "U.S.
Air Force begins using Agent Orange - a defoliant that came in metal orange
containers - to expose roads and trails used by Vietcong forces. Senate Majority
Leader Mike Mansfield reports back to JFK from Saigon his opinion that Diem
had wasted the two billion dollars America had spent there."

*Trivia: "A federal judge on Thursday [03/10/05]
dismissed a lawsuit alleging that U.S. chemical companies, including Monsanto
Co. of Creve Coeur, Mo., committed war crimes against 4 million Vietnamese
citizens by making Agent Orange, the defoliant that allegedly caused birth
defects, miscarriages and cancer. 'There is no basis for any of the claims
of plantiffs under the domestic law of any nation or state or under any form
of international law,' U.S. District Judge Jack B. Weinstein wrote in a 233-page
ruling. 'The case is dismissed.' Lawyers who filed the suit on behalf of
the Vietnamese citizens said an appeal was planned. They had argued that
Agent Orange, which is laden with the toxic chemical dioxin, was a poison
barred by international rules of war. Lawyers for Monsanto, Dow Chemical
Co. and more than a dozen other companies said they should not be punished
for following what they believed to be the legal orders of the nation's commander
in chief. [....] A lawyer for the Vietnamese plantiffs called the decision
that Agent Orange was not a poison 'a clear error.' U.S. aircraft sprayed
more than 21 million gallons of the chemical between 1962 to 1971 in attempts
to destroy crops and remove foliage used as cover by communist forces. Some
10,000 U.S. war veterans receive medical-disability benefits related to Agent
Orange." [Based on A.P. article, S.L.P.D., p. C2, 03/11/05]

What I have to say in all seriousness is: The greatest
advantage of spiritual alertness (awareness) is not to be trapped in any
position with anyone or anything! You can be trapped by religion, churches,
jobs, people who depend on your love, etc., but be watchful! It is usually
the feeling element within the person that traps him!

1963 - Year of the Rabbit - January 25th, 1963:
"The Chinese Year of the Rabbit begins."

1963 - U.K. Tour / The Beatles - February 2nd,
1963: "A young rock band, then called a group, had learned its craft in the
cramped and sweaty Cavern Club in Liverpool. Turned down by Decca at the
start of 1962, the Beatles went on towards the end of that year to make a
modest impression with their first single, Love Me Do. In 1963, they took
over the world. The Beatles had started their first U.K. tour on February
2nd, 1963." [Link:
1]

1963 - Must Have Counsel / U.S. Criminal Defendants
- March 18th, 1963: "In Gideon v. Wainwright ... Supreme Court
ruled that all criminal defendants must have counsel." [Based on: The World
Almanac and Book of Facts, 2005, p. 550]

1963 - Best Picture/Director Oscars / "Lawrence
of Arabia" - Entertainment highlights during the week of April 8th-14th,
1963: "Lawerence of Arabia" won the Oscars for best picture and best director.
[Based on: A.P. article, p. D3, S.L.P.D., 04/09/07]

1963 - Civil Rights March / Alabama - May 2nd,
1963: "March for civil rights begun ... in Birmingham, AL, led to desegragation
accord, which in turn sparked rioting and violence." [Based on: The World
Almanac and Book of Facts, 2005, p. 550]

1963 - Trivia / Bob Dylan - Entertainment highlights
during the week of May 6th-12th, 1963: Bob Dylan refused to appear on the
"Ed Sullivan Show" because CBS would not allow him to sing "Talking John
Birch Society Blues." [Based on: A.P. article (THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT
WAS), p. C2, S.L.P.D., 05/07/07]

1963 - Monterey Folk Festival - May 17th, 1963:
"Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Peter Paul and Mary performed at the first Monterey
Folk Festival, a three day event, on the weekend of 17 May 1963, along with
many other folk artists." [Link:
1]

1963 - Desegragation / University of Alabama -
June 11th, 1963: "University of Alabama desegrated after Gov. George Wallace
stepped aside when confronted by federally deployed National Guard troops
June 11." [Based on: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2005, p. 550]

1963 - No. 1 in U.S.A. / "Sukiyaki" - Entertainment
highlights during the week of June 11-17, 1963: "Sukiyaki" became a hit on
the American pop chart. It was the first Japanese song ever to go to No.
1 in the United States." [Based on: A.P. article, p. C2, S.L.P.D.,
06/12/06]

1963 - Unconstitutional? / Prayer In Public Schools,
U.S.A. - June 17th, 1963: "Supreme Court ruled, 8-1 ... that laws requiring
recitation of the Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools were
unconstitutional." [Based on: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2005,
p. 550]

*Trivia: "In 1963, American Atheist crusader
Madalyn Murray O'Hair [1918-1995], 'the most hated woman in America' enters
the spotlight with a victory over government-sponsored prayer in public
schools."

1963 - Elected / Pope Paul VI - June 21st, 1963:
"Pope John XXIII died on June 3, and Giovanni Battista Montini was elected
Pope Paul VI [1897-1978] on June 21."

1963 - "ECKANKAR" - July 9th, 1963: "This
chapter [Chap. 3, Dialogue in the Age of Criticism, by Doug Marman,
Copyright 2000] covers the few short years just before Paul [Paul Twitchell]
officially introduced ECKANKAR as a spiritual teaching. David [David Lane]
begins by referring to an interview by Jack Jarvis, on July 9, 1963, called
'Paul Twitchell, Man of Parts,' which appears to be the first time that Paul
mentions the name ECKANKAR. Shortly after, Paul wrote a response to Jarvis'
article, called, 'The Square Peg,' which I quoted from earlier in Chapter
One.
"These days, then, were Paul's Cliff-Hanger days, when he also
began introducing the name and concept of ECKANKAR." [Based on: Doug Marman,
Dialogue in the Age of Criticism, Chap. 3]

*Tivia: [A request has been made for this article
to be peer reviewed ....]

Eckankar, Religion of the Light and Sound of God emphasizes
the value of personal experiences as the most natural way back to God. The
current [2006] spiritual leader of Eckankar (since October 1981) is Sri Harold
Klemp.

The teaching states that Eckists (students of Eckankar;
also called chelas) must prove the veracity of the path for themselves, and
gives specific Spiritual Exercises that teach individuals to leave their
body, and journey into what is known as the "higher planes." Eckists believe
it is possible to achieve self-realization and God-realization in this lifetime,
and recommend that there is no better time than the present moment to experience
God's divine love. The final spiritual goal of all Eckists is to become conscious
co-workers with God.

[....]

Paul Twitchell stated that he had put Eckankar together
from the scattered bits and pieces of other teachings, but it is fair to
say that neither he nor any of his successors have ever publicly stated that
he plagiarized the works of other authors. (It should be noted: In the context
of the times, the usage and embellishment by an author of phrases from other
religious and spiritual writers was not an uncommon event, as indeed it remains
so today.)

1963 - Gay Rights Demonstration / New York -
September 19th, 1963: "The first gay rights demonstration in the U.S. takes
place on September 19 in New York at the Whitehall Induction Center, protesting
against discrimination in the military."

1963 - "Beatlemania" - October 13th, 1963: "British
newspapers first use the term 'Beatlemania' in headlines."

*Trivia: "Beatles on TV at London Palladium
[10/13/63]. 15 million get to see them perform 'She Loves You' and 'Twist
and Shout'."

1963 - U.S.-Approved Assassination / South
Vietnam- November 1st,
1963: "U.S. President John F. Kennedy approves the assassination of the the
president of South Vietnam." [Based onTVprogram:"The
Presidents" - The History Channel, 01/21/05]

1963 - Assassination / Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnam - November
2nd, 1963: "President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam and his brother are
killed in a coup." [Link:
1]

1963 - Birth / Tatum O'Neal - November 5th, 1963: "Tatum Beatrice O'Neal
(born November 5, 1963) is an American actress and author. She is the youngest
person ever to win a competitive Academy Award, which she won at the age
of 10 for her performance as Addie Loggins in Paper Moon (1973) opposite
her father Ryan O'Neal. She then starred in The Bad News Bears in 1976, followed
by Nickelodeon, and Little Darlings. [...] O'Neal was born in Los Angeles,
California, to actors Ryan O'Neal and Joanna Moore, who had appeared in various
motion pictures and television shows. [....]"

[Based on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatum_O%27Neal]

1963 - Birth / Nicollette Sheridan - November 21st, 1963: "Nicollette Sheridan
(born November 21, 1963) is an English television and film actress, best
known for playing Edie Britt on the ABC dramedy series Desperate Housewives
(20042009) and as Paige Matheson of the CBS primetime soap opera Knots
Landing (19861993). [...] Sheridan was born in Worthing, Sussex, England,
the daughter of actress Sally Sheridan (née Adams).[1] [....]"

*Trivia: "[....] In Vietnam, the U.S. lost on
average about 4,850 soldiers a year from 1963-75. In the Korean war, from
1950-53, the U.S. lost about 12,300 soldiers a year. [....] " [Based on:A.P. article (U.S. death toll in Iraq war reaches 4,000 / Roadside bombing
in southern Baghdad kills 4 U.S. soldiers.) by Robert H. Reid, p. A10, S.L.P.D.,
03/24/08]

1963 - Birth / Brad Pitt - December 18th, 1963: "William Bradley 'Brad' Pitt
... is an American actor and film producer. [...] William Bradley 'Brad'
Pitt was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and is the son of Jane Etta (née
Hillhouse), a high school counselor, and William Alvin Pitt, a truck company
owner.[4] The family soon moved to Springfield, Missouri, where he lived
together with his younger siblings, Doug (born 1966) and Julie Neal (born
1969).[5] [....]"

1963 - Revelation / Nuclear Weapons Stockpile,
Israel - "Israels possession of nuclear weapons had actually been
revealed ... by the late George Ball, who was under secretary of state under
presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. Ball, in a Washington Post
commentary, said the United States had been aware of Israels nuclear
stockpile since 1963." [Based on: James P. Tucker Jr., A.F.P., March
2004]

1963 - Ba'ath Party / Iraq - "In 1963,
the CIA architected a bloody military coup to overthrow Kassem and brought
the joint socialist-nationalist Ba'athist party - headed by Col. Salem Aref,
to power. The CIA then supported the Baathists' bloody pogrom against the
leftists, consolidating Saddam's power." [Links
1]

1963 - Trivia / Timothy Leary - "Timothy Leary [1920-1996],
who tried LSD for the first time a year earlier, predicts that a million
people will try it within ten years, and is kicked out of his position
at Harvard."

1963 - Measles Vaccine / U.S.A. - "The United
States had 37 cases of measles last year [2004], the smallest number in more
than 90 years of recordkeeping, the government said Thursday [12/08/05].
[....] In the decade before a measles vaccine became available in 1963, more
than 500,000 measles cases and about 450 measles deaths occurred in the United
States each year." [Based on: A.P. article (U.S. measles cases hit record
low, CDC says), p. A8, S.L.P.D., 12/09/05]

1963 - Trivia / Light Research -[....] Until Glauber published his theories in 1963,
scientists dismissed the idea that quantum theory, which was developed to
describe the behavior of particles, had any application to light. But Glauber
showed that certain types of light - including lasers - could only be understood
using quantum methods, which treat light as individual packets of energy
rather than continuous waves. [....] [Based on: A.P. article, p. A11, S.L.P.D.,
10/05/05]

1963 - Equal Pay Act / U.S.A. - 1963: "Congress
passes the Equal Pay Act, making it illegal for employers to pay a woman
less than what a man would receive for the same job." [Based on:
Everyday section article (Women's History Timeline), p. E4, St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, 03/21/06]

1963 - Television Debut / "Petticoat Junction"- "Reportedly, Mr. Paul Henning, the writer and producer of 'The Beverly
Hillbillies', also created 'Petticoat Junction,' a spinoff from the hit show.
'Petticoat Junction' ran from 1963 to 1970. Mr. Paul Henning was also the
executive producer of 'Green Acres,' which ran from 1965 to 1971."
[E.M.]

1964 - MKSEARCH / U.S.A. - 1964: "Headed by
Dr. Sidney Gottlieb, MKULTRA was started on the order of CIA director Allen
Dulles in April 13, 1953, largely in response to alleged Soviet, Chinese,
and North Korean uses of mind-control techniques on U.S. prisoners of war
in Korea. The CIA wanted to use similar methods on their own captives. The
CIA was also interested in being able to manipulate foreign leaders with
such techniques, and would later invent several schemes to drug Fidel Castro.
In 1964, the project was renamed to MKSEARCH. The project attempted to produce
a perfect truth drug for use in interrogating suspected Soviet spies during
the Cold War, and generally to explore any other possibilities of mind control.
Because most of the MKULTRA records were deliberately destroyed in 1972 by
order of the Director at that time, Richard Helms, it is impossible to have
a complete understanding of the more than 150 individually funded research
projects sponsored by MKULTRA and the related CIA programs. [....] Experiments
were often conducted without the subjects' knowledge or consent. [....] A
secretive arrangement granted a percentage of the CIA budget. The MKULTRA
director was granted 6% of the CIA operating budget in 1953, without oversight
or accounting."

1964 - Foreign Relations / U.S. & Panama - January 9th, 1964: "Panama
suspended relations with U.S. Jan. 9 after riots. U.S. offered Dec. 18 to
negotiate a new canal treaty." [Based on: The World Almanac and Book of Facts,
2005, p. 551]

1964 - "Eckankar, The Bilocation Philosophy"
- January, 1964: "David [David Lane] reports that in January 1964, Orion
Magazine published what seems to be Paul's [Paul Twitchell's] first public
article entirely devoted to ECKANKAR. In this article, called, 'Eckankar,
The Bilocation Philosophy,' Paul wrote:

Eckankar, the philosophy of out
of body experience, is that understanding which I have gained from bi-location
excursions similar to those in the lives of saints of all faiths...

Man needs to learn to leave
his body at will and dwell in his spirit body, on other planes. He must someday
leave this fleshy temple, so he should learn that by going in and out of
his body that he can give it up to death without suffering...

The orthodox eastern philosophies
teach that man must become one with God, but I cannot hold to this
concept. The individual self of man becomes a coworker of God, not
a part of the unity of Him, in the sense of being one with the divine source
anyway, for we are dwelling in the body of God, but we have the freedom of
movement and of choice inside this framework of the Almighty...

[Based on: Dialogue in the Age of Criticism,
Chap. 3]

1964 - New Military Junta / South Vietnam -
January 30th, 1964: "New military junta takes over in South Vietnam."

1964 - Trivia / "Louie Louie" - Entertainment
highlights during the week of January 30th-February 5th, 1964: "Indiana's
governor declared the Kingsmen song 'Louie Louie' pornographic and asked
the state's radio stations to ban it. An FCC investigation concluded the
record to be 'unintelligible at any speed we played it.' " [A.P.]

1964 - "British Rock & Roll Invasion" / U.S.A.
- February 7th, 1964: "The British Rock and Roll Invasion of America
is started by the Beatles as they land in Kennedy Airport [New York]."

*Trivia: "The Beatles ... appeared Feb. 9 on
CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show." [Based on: The World Almanac and Book of Facts,
2005, p. 551]

1964 - Year of the Dragon - February 13th, 1964:
"The Chinese Year of the Dragon begins."

1964 - Birth / Russell Crowe - April 7th, 1964: "Russell Ira Crowe (born
7 April 1964) is a New Zealand born Australian[3][4] actor,[5] film producer
and musician.[6] He came to international attention for his role as Roman
General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 historical epic film
Gladiator, [... .]"

[Based on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Crowe]

1964 - Birth / Melissa Gilbert - May 8th, 1964: "Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born
May 8, 1964) is an American actress, writer, and producer, primarily in film
and television. Gilbert is best known as a child actress who starred as Laura
Ingalls Wilder, on the NBC series Little House on the Prairie
(19741984). [....]"

[Based on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Gilbert]

1964 - Debut Album / "The Rolling Stones" -
Entertainment highlights during the week of April 13-19, 1964: "The Rolling
Stones' self-titled debut album was released in Britian." [Based on: A.P.
article (THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS), p. E2, S.L.P.D.,
04/15/08]

1964 - U.S. Military Planes / Laos - May 27th,
1964: "U.S. reported May 27 it was sending military planes to Laos." [Based
on: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2005, p. 551]

*Trivia:"[...]
The U.S. dropped more than 2 million tons of bombs on the North Vietnamese
ally during its 'secret war' between 1964 and 1973 - about a ton of ordinance
for each Laotian man, woman and child. That exceeded the amount per person
dropped on Germany and Japan together in World War II. [NP] Four decades
later, American weapons are still claiming lives. When the war ended, about
a third of some 270 million cluster bombs dropped on Laos had failed to detonate.
More than 20,000 people have been killed in Laos since then by ordinance,
according to its government, and agriculture development has been stymied.
[....]" [Based on: A.P. article (U.S. pledges to address legacy of Laos bombing)
by Bradley Klapper, p A12, S.L.P.D., 07/12/12]

*Trivia:"More than 40 years [01/07/05] after one of the most notorious
crimes of the turbulent civil rights era - the 'Freedom Summer' slayings
of three young civil rights workers - a reputed Ku Klux Klansman [Edgar Ray
Killen] was arrested Thursday [01/06/05] on state murder charges in the case.
[....] In 1964, James Chaney, 21, Michael Schwerner, 24 and Andrew Goodman,
20, who were helping to register black voters, were murdered as they drove
to a church to investigate a fire. They were believed to have been stopped
by Klansmen, beaten and shot to death. Their bodies were found weeks later
buried in a nearby dam. Nineteen men - including Killen - were indicted.
Seven were convicted of federal civil rights violations in 1967 and sentenced
to prison terms ranging from three to 10 years. Killen was freed after his
trial on federal conspiracy charges ended in a hung jury. [....]" [A.P.,
01/07/05]

1964 - Typhoon Winnie / N. Philippines
- "Typhoon date(s): June 30th, 1964. Number of recorded deaths:
107."[Based on: The World Almanac and Book
of Facts, 2005, p. 206]. "

1964 - Signed / U.S. Civil Rights Act - July
2nd, 1964: "Omnibus civil rights bill cleared by Congress July 2, signed
same day by Pres. Johnson, banning discrimination in voting, jobs, public
accomodations." [Based on: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2005, p.
551]

*Trivia: "1964 seemed to
mark a turning point in America; with the passage of the Civil Rights Act,
a new age in race relations appeared to be dawning. But the states acted
quickly to circumvent the new federal law. California reacted with Proposition
14, which moved to block the fair housing components of the Civil Rights
Act. This, and other acts, created a feeling of injustice and despair in
the inner cities."

*Trivia: "The Civil Rights Act, signed by President
Lyndon B. Johnson, outlaws segregation of restaurants, lodging and other
public facilities." [St. Louis Post Dispatch, 05/17/04]

1964 - Birth / David Spade - July 22nd, 1964: "Reportedly born on this date
in history: Actor-comedian, David Spade."

1964 - Trivia / Gulf of Tonkin Incident - August
4th, 1964: "The National Security Agency has released [2005] hundreds of
pages of long-secret documents on the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident that played
a critical role near the beginning of the Vietnam War. The material posted
on the Internet at midnight Wednesday [11/30/05] included one of the largest
collections of secret, intercepted communications ever made available for
study. The most provocative document is a 2001 article in which an agency
historian argued that the agency's intelligence officers 'deliberately skewed'
the evidence passed on to policymakers on the crucial question of whether
North Vietnamese ships attacked U.S. destroyers on Aug. 4, 1964. Based on
the mistaken belief that such an attack had occurred, President Lyndon Johnson
ordered airstrikes on North Vietnam, and Congress passed a broad resolution
authorizing military action. The historian, Robert Hanyok, wrote the article
in an internal publication and it was classified top secret despite the fact
that it dealt with events in 1964. Word of Hanyok's findings leaked to historians
outside the agency, who requested the article under the Freedom of Information
Act in 2003. [....] In his 2001 article, an elaborate piece of detective
work, Hanyok wrote that 90 percent of the intercepts of North Vietnamese
communications relevant to the supposed Aug. 4, 1964, attack were omitted
from the major agency documents going to policymakers. 'The overwhelming
body of reports, if used, would have told the story that no attack had happened,'
he wrote. 'So a conscious effort ensued to demonstrate that an attack had
occurred.' [....] 'A lot of people at the agency haven't been happy that
communications intelligence was used to support a wrong conclusion,' he said.
Agency employees worked late Wednesday [11/30/05] to meet a self-imposed
end-of-November deadline, posting the intercepts, oral history interviews
with retired agency officials and internal reports on the agency's Web site
at www.nsa.gov/vietnam." [Based on: New York Times article (Secret
Gulf of Tonkin papers are released on Web), p. A3, S.L.P.D., 12/02/05]

1964 - Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - August 7th,
1964: "In a bloodless coup, General Nguyen Khanh seizes power in Saigon.
South Vietnam junta leader, Major General Duong Van Minh, is placed under
house arrest, but is allowed to remain as a figurehead chief-of-state. On
August 2, three North Vietnamese PT boats allegedly fire torpedoes at the
USS Maddox, a destroyer located in the international waters of the Tonkin
Gulf, some thirty miles off the coast of North Vietnam [In 1971 it would
be revealed that the U.S. gunboats violated Vietnamese territorial waters].
The attack comes after six months of covert US and South Vietnamese naval
operations. A second, even more highly disputed attack, is alleged to have
taken place on August 4. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution is approved by Congress
on August 7 and authorizes President Lyndon Johnson to 'take all necessary
measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the United States and
to prevent further aggression.' The resolution passes unanimously in the
House, and by a margin of 82-2 in the Senate. The Resolution allows Johnson
to wage all out war against North Vietnam without ever securing a formal
Declaration of War from Congress." [Link:
1]

*Trivia: "Reportedly, before the end of the Vietnam War, 58,000
American soldiers and almost 3 million Vietnamese will have died." [Based
on: Video Tape: "The Great Deception"]

1964 - War on Poverty Bill - August 11th, 1964:
"Congress approved War on Poverty bill Aug 11, providing for a domestic Peace
Corps (VISTA), a Job Corps, and antipoverty funding." [Based on: The World
Almanac and Book of Facts, 2005, p. 551]

1964 - The Beatles / U.S. Tour - August 1964:
"Beatles first U.S. tour: 25 North American cities."

*Trivia: "Entertainment highlights during the
week of August 14th-20th, 1964: "The Beatles opened their North American
tour at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. The Righteous Brothers and Jackie
DeShannon also were on the tour." [Based on: A.P., 08/15/05]

1964 - Born / Bonnie Hunt - September 22nd, 1964: "Bonnie Lynne Hunt (born
September 22, 1964)[1] is an American actress, commedian, writer, director,
television producer and daytime television host. [....]"

1964 - Leonid Brezhnev / USSR - October, 1964:
"Because of the large amounts of money spent in Krushchev's arms and space
race, the USSR was once again faced with massive unemployment and debt. A
new leader came on the scene who, just as Krushchev before him, began to
promise massive reforms. This leader, however, kept his word. Leonid Brezhnev
had been a Politburo member since the time of Stalin. He had fought in World
War II, was wounded and decorated. He was viewed by the people as an ideal
ruler. In 1964, he began a series of reforms that greatly improved the working
conditions of his people. He signed nuclear arms reduction treaties with
the USA and allowed the conquered countries of Europe more freedom. He even
allowed a joint Soviet/American space flight in 1975. He was the most liked
ruler since Lenin. The only problem was that now that the people had enjoyed
so much freedom they only wanted more. Brezhnev died in 1982 after ruling
peaceably for almost 20 years."

1964 - Elected / Lyndon B. Johnson - November 3rd,
1964: "Pres. Johnson was elected to a full term ... defeating Republican
Sen. Barry Goldwater (AZ) in a landslide." [Based on: The World Almanac and
Book of Facts, 2005, p. 551]

1964 - Deportation / Ayatollah Rhuollah Khomeini
- November, 1964: "In 1964, the Iranian legislative assembly granted
American soldiers and their families stationed in Iran, the same immunity
to prosecution which was normally only enjoyed by diplomats. The Iranian
people were outraged that American soldiers were able to break their laws
without fear. One of the most outspoken critics of this law was the Shiite
Muslim Leader, Ayatollah Rhuollah Khomeini. He accused those of agreeing
to this, including the Shah himself, as being traitors to Iran. The Shah
could not risk having this powerful religious leader imprisoned. What he
could and did risk, was having him deported. Khomeini was exiled to Turkey.
On November 4, 1964, Khomeini vowed that he would return one day and even
the score with the Shah and the United States. Throughout the 1970's, the
Shah, with the backing of the U.S., remained in power. But there was a growing
movement which was getting increasingly violent, against both the United
States and the hated Shah." [Links:
1]

1964 - Fatality / Jawaharlal Nehru, India
- "Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister, headed India from
1947 until his death in 1964. He was followed later by his daughter, Indira
Gandhi, whose often iron-fisted rule defined two decades of Indian life.
Indira was murdered by her own bodyguards in 1984, and her son, Rajiv Gandhi,
an airline pilot, reluctantly stepped up. Riding a wave of sympathy, he easily
won the next election. But he lost the prime minister's post in 1989 and
was assassinated two years later while campaigning." [A.P., 05/14/04]

1964 - Founded / Palestinian Liberation Organization
- "The PLO was founded in 1964 by Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser.
Arafat took over the PLO in 1969."